99 Quotes by Brian Selznick

"Maybe we're all cabinets of wonders."

"Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else."

"Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What would it be like to pick and choose the objects and stories that would go in your own cabinet? How would Ben curate his own life? And then, thinking about his museum box, and his house, and his books, and the secret room, he realized he'd already begun doing it. Maybe, thought Ben, we are all cabinets of wonders."

"You can make up your own story when you look at a photo."

"Maybe we are all cabinets of wonders."

"Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you’d be able to find whatever you were looking for."

"I think when I’m drawing, I’m seeing what’s happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head."

"If you’ve ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made."

"Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won’t stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now."

"I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would’ve seen. And I get to draw all the time."